FG0465

IMDM

With stable-glutamine and sodium bicarbonate, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

• Synonym(s): Cell culture medium, Iscove′s MDM, Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Medium, Modified Dulbecco′s medium
• UNSPSC Code: 12352207
• NACRES: NA.71

Properties

• product name: Iscove′s Modified Dulbecco′s Medium, With L-alanyl-L-glutamine and sodium bicarbonate, sterile-filtered, liquid, suitable for cell culture
• Quality Level: 400
• sterility: sterile-filtered; sterile
• product line: AQmedia^™
• form: liquid
• technique(s): cell culture | mammalian: suitable
• impurities: Endotoxin, tested
• components: stable glutamine: yes; NaHCO₃: yes; glucose: yes; phenol red: yes
• shipped in: ambient
• storage temp.: 2-8°C

Description

General description

This IMDM differs from the original formula, because it is supplemented with L-alanyl-L-glutamine dipeptide. Glutamine is notoriously unstable in cell culture. This dipeptide provides a more stable form of glutamine for use in cell cultures.

Application

Guilbert and Iscove demonstrated that precursor cells of erythrocytes and macrophages could be cultured in a totally defined serum free medium supplemented with albumin, transferrin, lecithin, and selenium. This medium is a modification of Dulbecco¢s Modified Eagle¢s Medium (DME) containing selenium, additional amino acids and vitamins, sodium pyruvate, HEPES buffer, and potassium nitrate instead of ferric nitrate. Further studies demonstrated that Iscove¢s Medium would support murine B lymphocytes, hemopoietic tissue from bone marrow, B cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide, T lymphocytes, and a variety of hybrid cells.

Legal Information

AQmedia is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 10 - Combustible liquids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable